GI & Endoscopy

A study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examined intragastric balloons' effectiveness on metabolic outcomes associated with obesity.

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both based in Boston, developed a set of ingestible devices that use stomach acid for long-term power.

New York City-based NYU Langone tapped Theodore Welling III, MD, to lead a new liver cancer program at the medical center.

Anthony Grande, MD, is a gastroenterologist with Park Ridge, Ill.-based North Suburban Gastroenterology Associates.

Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J.-based Allergan elected Adriane Brown to its board of directors.

A study in JAMA Surgery examined the use and effectiveness of chemotherapy in a range of colon cancer patients.

A study published in Gastroenterology Endoscopy examined how urgent colonoscopies affect clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for lower GI bleeding.

Here are the five most read gastroenterology/endoscopy stories from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, 2017.

Barry Migicovsky, MD is a gastroenterologist at Hollywood, Fla.-based Gastroenterology Consultants.

Ahead of its stock offering, the FDA approved New York City's Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s plecanatide.